Morning Mirror

“This town isn’t easy.”

“Have you masturbated today? No, this isn’t about Twitter. It’s about media.” — J-school prof and BuzzMachine blogger Jeff Jarvis. He links to this story.

A note from David Corn to FNC’s Howard Kurtz

Howard,

I assume you do understand that the New York Times account O’Reilly brandished on your show actually disapproves his point. Our original article cite this NYT piece, which reported that one policeman (not a soldier) fired five shots over the heads of “fleeing demonstrators.” This contradicts — or, at least does not support — O’Reilly assertions that troops fired into the crowd, that soldiers “gunned down” cilivians, and that “many” people were killed.

Is this complicated?

Best,

David

The Oscars’ Edward Snowden joke

“Forget the underwear. We finally saw Neil Patrick Harris’ big balls when he made the Snowden joke in front of that crowd.” — NationalReviewOnline‘s Jim Geraghty.

Journos give Sean Penn terrible reviews at the Oscars

“Does Sean Penn ever smile?” — DefenseOne’s Kevin Baron.

“Fun fact: Sean Penn has never smiled.” — The Daily Beast‘s Will Rahn.